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Presidential Executive Order

Presidential Executive Order. Renew Federal commitment to improve water quality, habitat, and living resources in the Bay and its watershed Collaborate with States and CBP partners Produce new restoration strategy Build from Chesapeake Action Plan Address key challenges-Topic reports

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Presidential Executive Order

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  1. Presidential Executive Order • Renew Federal commitment to improve water quality, habitat, and living resources in the Bay and its watershed • Collaborate with States and CBP partners • Produce new restoration strategy • Build from Chesapeake Action Plan • Address key challenges-Topic reports • Time lines • Restoration strategy • Draft-Nov. 9 • Topic reports, draft- Sept 12

  2. Presidential Executive Order • Living resources • DOI/FWS-NOAA • Water quality • EPA • Agriculture and watersheds • USDA • Expand public access • DOI/NPS • Climate Change • DOI/USGS-NOAA • Monitoring and ecosystem management • DOI/USGS-NOAA

  3. E.O.-Monitoring • Sec. 801. The Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior shall, to the extent permitted by law, organize and conduct their monitoring, research, and scientific assessments to support decisionmaking for the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and to develop the report addressing strengthening environmental monitoring of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed required in section 202 of this order. This report will assess existing monitoring programs and gaps in data collection, and shall also include the following topics: • (a) the health of fish and wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; • (b) factors affecting changes in water quality and habitat conditions; and • (c) using adaptive management to plan, monitor, evaluate, and adjust environmental management actions.

  4. Process for E.O. Monitoring Report • Understand major management needs • Chesapeake Action Plan • CBP Goal Implementation Team leaders and states • STAC outcomes and MRAT • Other E.O. reports • Develop frameworks for decision making and improved monitoring/assessment • List monitoring and assessment needs • ID existing monitoring and assessment • ID gaps • Recommend improvements

  5. Oysters Fish Passage Wastewater Treatment Preserve Valuable Lands Public Access Topics Striped Bass SAV Agricultural Lands Minimize Conversion Education Minimize Hydrologic Impact Alosa sp. Wetlands Developed Lands Interpretation Communication Citizen Engagement Menhaden Air Deposition Blue Crab Shorelines & Streambanks Chemical Contaminants Chesapeake Action Plan Goals and Fed Co-Leads Fisheries (NOAA) Habitat (FWS) Water Quality (EPA) Water-sheds (USDA) Steward-ship (NPS) Stream Restoration Ecosystem –based fisheries management • Technical Support (USGS) • Science and Adaptive Management

  6. Framework for Decision Making

  7. Framework for Monitoring and Assessment

  8. MRAT and the E.O. • Use outcomes from MRAT to help define monitoring and assessment gaps. • Living resources • Habitat • Water quality • MRAT will address ideas to use existing funds and partnerships • E.O. Monitoring report can recommend where federal programs need to be enhanced to fill remaining needs.

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